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UNINA9910456448103321 |
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Titolo |
Words and works : : studies in medieval English language and literature in honour of Fred C. Robinson / / edited by Peter S. Baker and Nicholas Howe |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1998 |
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©1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-02554-6 |
9786612025549 |
1-4426-8363-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (322 p.) |
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Collana |
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Toronto Old English Series |
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Soggetti |
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English philology - Old English, ca. 450-1100 |
English philology - Middle English, 1100-1500 |
Rhetoric, Medieval |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Who Read the Gospels in Old English? -- Byrhtferth at Work -- An Anser for Exeter Book Riddle 74 -- An Ogre’s Arm: Japanese Analogues of Beowulf -- Courtliness and Courtesy in Beowulf and Elsewhere in English Medieval Literature -- Æðelflæd of Mercia: Mise en page -- Old English Texts and Modern Readers: Notes on Editing and Textual Criticism -- The Dream of the Rood Repunctuated -- Mapelian in Old English Poetry -- Apposition and the Subjects of Verb-Initial Clauses -- The Inflection of Latin Nouns in Old English Texts -- When Lexicography Met the Exeter Book -- Chaucer's English Rhymes: The Romany the Romaunt, and The Book of the Duchess -- Seeking 'Goddes Pryvetee': Sodomy, Quitting, and Desire in The Miller's Tale -- Why the Monk? -- The Real Fulk Fitzwarines Mythical Monster Fights -- Praise and Lament: The Afterlife of Old English Poetry in Auden, Hill, and Gunn -- Backmatter |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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With contributions by some of the leading scholars in the field, Words and Works: Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature in Honour of Fred C. Robinson is a distinguished collection of essays on Old and Middle English literature and textual analysis. Focusing on issues ranging from philology to literary criticism, the essays represent a variety of perspectives in Old and Middle English scholarship. Words and Works: Studies in Medieval English Language and Literature in Honour of Fred C. Robinson is a worthy tribute to one of the outstanding figures in Old English scholarship in the last quarter of this century. |
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